Ghost World Page #5

Synopsis: The story of neo-cool Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) who, faced with graduation from high school, take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really want. When Enid takes an interest in the offbeat Seymour (Steve Buscemi) and Rebecca focuses her attention on their mutual romantic fixation Josh (Brad Renfro), the girls' friendship is forever changed.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: United Artists
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 28 wins & 55 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
88
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2001
111 min
$4,694,484
Website
1,035 Views


ENID & REBECCA

EEEEWWWW!

Enid lurches forward to avert her gaze. She clicks off the

VCR, but leaves the TV on. She notices a PHOTO ALBUM on a

bookshelf under the television.

ENID:

Hey - why do you have this?

REBECCA:

You lent it to me in like tenth grade.

ENID:

I've been looking all over for this.

ANGLE ON ALBUM as she leafs through it. We see a picture of

a FIVE-YEAR-OLD ENID with glasses.

ENID:

Look at how cute I am!

REBECCA:

What a little hosebag.

ANGLE ON PHOTO of ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ENID & REBECCA at a party.

ENID:

Look, that's back when I hated you.

REBECCA:

I remember every minute of that party.

ENID:

(another page)

There's my dad with Joanie.

REBECCA:

I can never keep them all straight -

was she the super-b*tch?

ENID:

No, she was the second wife. The

third one was the super-b*tch -

Maxine.

(finds a picture)

There! Look at her!

ANGLE ON PHOTO of MAXINE.

ENID:

What a f***ing monster!

Something on TV catches Rebecca's eye.

REBECCA:

Oh my God! This is that comedian I

was telling you about! You have to

see this guy -- he's the absolute

worst!

A dead-pan comedian, JOEY McCOBB, is doing his stand-up

routine in a standard brick-wall comedy venue. He has a

contrived "I'm a weirdo" shtick.

JOEY:

Just because I live with my mother

people think I'm peculiar... so what

if she's been dead for fifteen years!

Hehn hehn...

(Peter Lorre laugh)

REBECCA (V.O.)

God, that's barely even a joke.

JOEY:

As I always say, take my life...

please!

ENID (V.O.)

If he's supposed to be so weird, how

come he's wearing Nikes?

ANNOUNCER:

Joey McCobb, ladies and gentlemen...

Joey McCobb!

(APPLAUSE)

ENID:

Joey McCobb is our God.

REBECCA:

I want to do him!

ENID:

I bet! Actually he reminds me of

that one creep you went out with --

you always go for guys with some

lame, fake shtick.

REBECCA:

What are you talking about -- who?

ENID:

That Larry guy -- what look was he

going for? A gay tennis player from

the forties?

REBECCA:

F*** you!

Rebecca turns the page of Enid's sketchbook to the torn-out

personal ad.

REBECCA:

Hey! We forgot to call the loser!

ENID:

Which loser?

REBECCA:

You know, the green cardigan guy.

ENID:

Oh yeah.

Rebecca goes to the phone and offers the receiver.

REBECCA:

You call.

ENID:

Why do I always have to do it?

REBECCA:

You're better at it.

ENID:

(as she dials)

I remember when I first started

reading these I thought DWF stood

for "dwarf!"

REBECCA:

(ear up to phone)

What does it stand for?

ENID:

Shh, it's his answering machine...

(pause)

We hear the indistinct traces of a

musical message followed by a faint

BEEP.

ENID:

Hi, it's me - your "striking blonde."

Of course I remember you. Let's get

together for lunch sometime... How

about Friday at one o'clock?... Why

don't you meet me at my favorite

restaurant, "Wowsville"... It's in

the mall on Century Parkway... I'll

see you there, darling... and be

sure to wear that sexy green

cardigan...

As Enid hangs up they both start laughing.

EXT. SIDEWINDER - DAY

A franchise convenience store with a western motif.

INT. SIDEWINDER - DAY

JOSH, 19, is taking his apron off as his BOSS, a humorless

Greek immigrant, counts out the cash register. Cheerful Muzak

plays.

BOSS:

AH AH AH! What you think you doing?

You still got five minutes left on

you shift!

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Daniel Clowes

Daniel Gillespie Clowes (born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and screenwriter. Most of Clowes's work first appeared in Eightball, a solo anthology comic book series. An Eightball issue typically contained several short pieces and a chapter of a longer narrative that was later collected and published as a graphic novel, such as Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (1993), Ghost World (1997), and David Boring (2000). more…

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